Take a vacation while on vacation

I recently read a newspaper article supposedly written by a U.S. immigration lawyer that states that, when snowbirds like ourselves spend time in the U.S., if we take a trip to another country from the U.S. and are gone for fewer than 30 days, when we calculate our six months’ time period, we must include the time outside of the U.S. It did not sound correct to us and we are wondering if you can clarify?

Jeannette Ramsden
West Kelowna, BC

Response:Ed: The article was correct. This is quite unfair in our opinion and is one reason that we really need this Snowbird Visa. If you come home for Christmas in the middle of your trip, the U.S. counts the time in Canada as time in the U.S., because you just left the U.S. temporarily and are planning to return.